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Office of Fair Trading
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1
An enforcement authority may notify the Office of Fair Trading of any breach of duty under this Part appearing to the authority to have been committed by a person acting as estate agent.
2
An enforcement authority shall notify the Office of Fair Trading of—
a
any penalty charge notice given by an officer of the authority under section 168;
b
any notice given by the authority confirming or withdrawing a penalty charge notice; and
c
the result of any appeal from the confirmation of a penalty charge notice.
3
The Estate Agents Act 1979 (c. 38) applies in relation to a person who has committed a breach of duty under this Part in the course of estate agency work (within the meaning of that Act) as it applies in relation to a person who has engaged in a practice such as is mentioned in section 3(1)(d) of that Act in the course of such work.